CONVICTED paedophile Rolf Harris is fighting to keep his £15 million fortune from 20 more alleged sex abuse victims.

Rolf Harris with his wife Alwen and daughter Bindi during his child sex-abuse trial last year

New lawyers have been hired to fight the claims after the women announced they are planning to sue the entertainer in the civil courts.

The new allegations could be further investigated by Scotland Yard's Operation Yewtree, the Sunday Mirror reports - which could delay a decision from the Crown Prosecution Service on whether the pervert will face a new trial.

Harris, 85, was jailed last June for five years and nine months for indecently assaulting four girls, some as young as eight, between 1968 and 1986.

Law firm Slater and Gordon were contacted by new victims after the former children's entertainer was convicted at Southwark Crown Court in London.

Sources close to the Harris family told the newspaper the musician and artist is being briefed about the new allegations as he serves his jail time.

They added: “As a family they would want to ensure any new allegations or civil claims were first scrutinised by lawyers and the police as they could have a massive impact on Harris’s case and personal assets.”

We need to wait and see what happens with the next 20 claimants

Bindi Harris, daughter

Harris's companies are worth £8.5 million and he has £2.3 million in cash, accounts revealed earlier this year.

The talented artist, who painted a portrait of the Queen, could earn up to £30,000 for his original paintings before his offences were made public.

And his home in one of the prettiest areas of the UK on the banks of the River Thames in Bray, Berkshire, is thought to be worth £5 million.

His daughter, Bindi, 50, wrote two years ago that inheriting her father's fortune would be like winning the lottery.

She visited the Australian child sex attacker at HMP Stafford on Thursday afternoon and her cousin, Jennifer, flew in from Australia last week for a meeting with her uncle.

Speaking from her home in New South Wales, she said: “We are currently dealing with civil compensation claimants who are all represented by Slater & Gordon.

“We are also awaiting confirmation from the CPS about whether there will be any further charges, and if it will be in the public interest to have a new trial.

“We need to wait and see what happens with the next 20 claimants but there is no appeal pending or being considered at this stage.”

Bindi has stood by her father all this time and has even launched a campaign to prove her father's innocence.